Stay in the loop

Few things are more frustrating in 2018 than running out of phone juice while riding public transit (or ever at all, let's be real.)

When your cellphone dies, so does your ability to stream music. To send and receive text messages. To scroll through Instagram or eff with whatever mobile game you play to zone out of the waking hell that is commuting at rush hour.

Fortunately, the people who buy, build and design transit vehicles are well aware of this issue – and they're helping to fix it, bus by bus.

The TTC has confirmed that Toronto will be getting 200 new, clean diesel buses "featuring USB ports for charging smart devices" this year, with deliveries starting in May.

You can find the full charter right here, broken down by what the TTC plans to do for improved customer service each quarter.

"The Customer Charter is the TTC's commitment to you, our customer," reads the intro to the document. "It is designed to track promises and improvements that benefit customers. It also holds TTC's management accountable if promises are not met."